> Another compelling point is that high school foreign language students almost never gain meaningful competence in the language they study My guess is that th

> Another compelling point is that high school foreign language students almost never gain meaningful competence in the language they study My guess is that this depends on the usefulness in somewhat common situations. English for non-native English speakers seems to work pretty well, especially in counties that don't dub movies and TV shows. I'm using my high school language skills right now. Edit: admittedly, Latin didn't stick well with me though.